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MMOs and game designFri, 12 Dec 2014 22:24:23 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Tarsushttps://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/clumping-the-player-base/#comment-269
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:39:50 +0000http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=779#comment-269Blizzard has already commented that they intend the raid system to be more tiered, so that you should run Naxx before you run Ulduar and so on. I would expect there will be some use for using Naxx as a stepping stone for alts or others to get the gear they need for future raid content.

And, let us not forget the use of Heroic Badges to buy Heirloom items. Very important for us Alt-aholics.

I expect that by the time we’re assaulting the frozen throne you will see a thinning of the numbers too, especially if Ulduar is harder.

]]>By: Green Armadillohttps://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/clumping-the-player-base/#comment-268
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:22:17 +0000http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=779#comment-268I think we might see a real upswing in PUG Naxx raids in the new patch. I’ve gotten repeated advice over on my blog that I should be getting in on that action, but I haven’t seen all that many Naxx pugs on my server. Part of it may be that we’ve got 35 guilds with Naxx-25 kills, 15 with Sarth3D (25 man, I think), and we don’t even have a progression thread for all the guilds killing the 10-man stuff. I.e. people aren’t bothering to PUG it, because they can do it in their guilds.

Once the dust settles on the patch (i.e. people figuring out the spirit nerf and dual specs, instance servers recovering from the rush on Ulduar), there may be a core of people who are geared and experienced enough to run the content, but whose guilds aren’t taking the time anymore. That may be the new entry level for level 80’s.

But yes, the other question, how players get from green quest rewards to Naxx level, could be a major issue. The Argent Tournament may help for a few slots, but demand for heroic 5-mans could drop off significantly.